FTZ. Meet AI.
Less manual work.
More control over your zone.
FTZ software, rebuilt for the AI era.
AI handles the routine. Experts handle the judgment.
Foreign-Trade Zones
Duty savings and zone performance
Duty in the zone
Duty deferred on hand, with duty paid at withdrawal each month
The zone that runs, drafts, explains, and saves.
Routine work runs itself.
Resolve the obvious
Apply approved, reversible fixes to supported low-risk data issues, and keep the original value, the change, and the governing rule.
Spot what looks unusual
Flag supported inconsistencies in values, origins, quantities, timing, item relationships, and inventory behavior, with the affected records attached.
Prepare the investigation
Assemble what changed, why it matters, and a supported next step. A person confirms it before anything binding happens.
Quantity mismatch on admission line 2.
Human decision required- What happened
- Receipt shows 860 units. Invoice supports 680.
- Why it matters
- 180 units would be admitted without invoice support.
- Prepared by Pax
- Line held at 860. Overage flagged for count confirmation. Documents attached.
- Evidence
- 038C00001-26-00042 · L2 · Invoice 2291 · Receipt 517802
- If approved
- Layer balance and weekly entry draft update. Change and rule recorded.
Trace any movement. Prove any number.
Admission to exit, and back
Follow merchandise through inventory and production to withdrawal, or start with a filing line and trace back to the source records that support it.
Duty and savings, from the same records
See duty deferred on inventory, duty owed on the week's entry, and savings by treatment, computed from the records you file from.
Evidence for period close
Bring reconciliation, reporting work, and audit-support preparation into the same operating workflow.
Duty on inventory, if withdrawn today
$42.1M
Owed on this week's entry
$186K
Saved year to date
$14.3M
Savings by lever, year to date
Start with your data.
Prove it before you switch.
Bring representative sources
Begin with actual ERP, WMS, broker, file, and document outputs, and confirm what each field and event means in your operation.
Translate the agreed meaning
Pax maps source facts into governed FTZ records and makes every transformation reviewable. Less client-side development, not less discovery.
Reconcile the opening state
Validate supported balances, inventory identities, status, authorities, and unresolved differences before activation.
Run in parallel, then activate
Process representative work beside your current process, compare balances and outputs, complete UAT, and activate only the verified workflows.
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FAQ
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What is FTZ software?
FTZ software is the inventory control and recordkeeping system (ICRS) a foreign-trade zone operator uses to meet 19 CFR Part 146. It records every admission, zone status, movement, and withdrawal, and prepares CBP filings such as E-214 admissions and weekly entries.
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What is AI-native FTZ software?
FTZ software that does the preparation itself. Pax reads ERP, WMS, broker, and document data as it arrives, reconciles inventory, flags conflicts between sources, and drafts E-214 admissions and weekly entries with every field traced to its source record. Operators review and approve instead of rekeying. Read the full FTZ software guide.
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What does the Pax FTZ workspace cover?
More than an ICRS. Pax is ABI-certified and supports self-filing of E-214 admissions, 3461 releases, 7501 entry summaries, and 7512 in-bonds, on top of inventory, zone status, production, withdrawals, and reconciliation. Routine intake, checks, and drafting run in the background. Your team reviews and decides.
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How large is the U.S. foreign-trade zone program?
According to the 86th Annual Report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to Congress, 199 zones were active in 2024. Nearly $964 billion of merchandise was received into zones that year, and nearly 543,000 people worked in zone operations.
05
Does Pax replace our current ICRS?
Yes. Pax keeps the inventory ledger, zone status, and audit trail your zone needs under 19 CFR 146.21 through 146.26, and prepares the annual reconciliation from the same records.
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Which FTZ requirements does Pax handle?
Each core requirement of 19 CFR Part 146, prepared from the same ledger:
Requirement How Pax handles it Reference Inventory control and recordkeeping (ICRS) One ledger of receipts, movements, adjustments, and removals, built from your source records. 19 CFR 146.21–146.26 Admission (E-214) Drafted from the invoice, bill of lading, and receipt, with each field linked to its source. 19 CFR 146.32 Zone status Privileged foreign, nonprivileged foreign, domestic, and zone-restricted, tracked per inventory layer. 19 CFR 146.41–146.44 Weekly entry (3461 and Type 06 7501) The week's withdrawals assembled into the estimate and entry summary drafts. 19 CFR 146.63(c) Annual reconciliation Prepared from the same ledger, with differences traced to their records. 19 CFR 146.25 07
How does weekly entry reduce merchandise processing fees?
The merchandise processing fee is assessed per entry and capped per entry under 19 CFR 24.23. Weekly entry under 19 CFR 146.63(c) consolidates a week of withdrawals into one estimate and one Type 06 entry summary, instead of one entry per shipment. Pax drafts both from the week's withdrawals.
08
Which systems does Pax connect to?
Pax works from the ERP and WMS extracts, broker feeds, files, and documents you already produce, including SAP, Oracle, and NetSuite data. It maps them into zone records and keeps each value linked to its source.
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Is Pax built for new operators or FTZ experts?
Both. New operators see what happened, why it matters, and what decision is needed, in plain language. Experts can open the detail: inventory layers, zone status, classifications, source values, rule results, and revisions.
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How does switching from our current FTZ system work?
We offer complimentary migration from most FTZ systems. Pax loads your opening balances, inventory layers, and zone status, reconciles them against your current records, and goes live only when they match.
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How do we get started?
We start with your source data, confirm what each field means, map it into governed FTZ records, and reconcile the opening state. Book a call to learn more.